1985 [National] Campus Compact formed (as presidential consortium by presidents of Brown, Georgetown and Stanford Universities). [Campus Compact now has a membership of over 600 colleges and universities.]

1995 Purdue University, under the leadership of President Steven C. Beering, became a member of the Indiana Campus Compact. Dr. Richard E. Grace, Director of the Undergraduate Studies Program, serves as Community Service Director and as President Beering's representative to the ICC.

June 1997 Nine-member team of faculty, staff, students and community members representing Purdue University (West Lafayette) attends ICC's Universities as Citizens Summer Planning Institute at IUPUI. The purpose of the SPI was to assist campus-wide teams to develop a plan to promote service learning and the scholarship of engagement at their home institution.

Spring 1998 Funding from President Beering permits the hiring of a temporary Service Learning Coordinator, leading to completion of service-learning course inventory for campus.

April 1998 "Helping Students Learn at Purdue" day-long workshop on service learning held on campus; participants and presenters from Michigan State, Indiana University (Bloomington) as well as from Purdue University.

Summer 1998 Task Force planned series of retreats, evening sessions and brown-bag luncheson campus and in the community for 1998-99.

September 1999 First issue of the Task Force newsletter; first of series of brown-bag lunches,retreats and evening sessions.

Spring 1999 Community needs assessment performed by Task Force graduate assistants,funded by Offices of the President and of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and assisted by the Executive Directors of the Greater Lafayette Volunteer Bureau and of Leadership Lafayette and by the county extension agent for Tippecanoe County Cooperative Extension Service.

Spring 1999 Retreats off-campus in February (at the Tippecanoe County Cooperative Extension Service office) and April (at the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art), and again on campus in May.

Spring 1999 Students Assisting Volunteer Efforts (SAVE), new student organization to supportcommunity involvement activities, volunteerism and service learning, created with ICC Community Service mini-grant.

Summer 1999 Support, including two graduate assistants, from office of Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Office of President, continues indefinitely beyond Spring 1999 Community Needs Assessment.

1999-2000 Several presentations on service learning, including to four different groups from the University Residences, to APSAC, and to the University Religious Leaders.

October 1999 Purdue University, and specifically the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program recognized in the John Templeton Foundation's publication, "Colleges that encourage Character Development."

November 1999 Center for Instructional Excellence workshop, panel presentation on "Excellence and Service Leaning at Purdue - Present and Potential."

December 1999 USA Group Foundation awards Purdue University a grant to develop a ServiceLearning Ambassador Program over the next three years, based on proposal developed by the Task Force and the Office of the EVPAA. An action group sets out the strategy for the group.

March 2000 Dr. Barbara Jacoby, of the University of Maryland, a leading author and nationalfigure in the area of service learning, visited campus on March 30 and 31, 2000, and gave three presentations on service learning.

March 2000 The Task Force hosts the first Northwest Regional ICC meeting, housed at theTippecanoe County Extension Office and with Barbara Jacoby as keynote speaker.

April 2000 The Office of Community Service and Learning, a.k.a. the Boiler Volunteer Network,opens in Stewart G-4. This office involves a collaboration of the Greater Lafayette Volunteer Bureau, the Purdue Memorial Union, the Presidential Advisory Council on Retirement ("Purdue Retirees"), plus a commitment of financial support from the Executive Vice President and Treasurer.

Fall 2000 Inauguration of Service Learning Ambassadors Program, and first offering of Introduction to Service Learning course (Mgmt 190S) as part of Lilly Endowment Retention Initiative's "Leadership and Service Learning Scholars" Learning community. [Mgmt 190S] is expected to be offered in Spring 2001 as an open enrollment course.]